The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-09-23
SEPTEMBER %THRsHlhos.

A small boy pulled at u big cigar,
His eyes bulged ont and his checks sank in.
He gulped rauk fumes from his lips aiar.
While muscles shook in his youthful chin;
Ills gills were green, but he smoie a smile,
He sat high up on the fsrmyard stile,
Aho cooked his hat Ger his & lasss eye,
Then wuuk a wink at a COW near by,
And sid NY God, i think I'll der
See here, boys, the GRAPHIC wants to
talk to you. You know 1t is not in the
least fsnatical, you know that it is a
great friend OF the youth, you know
that 1t is libersl-yery much so-in its
views. So when ii says to you that it is
sorrier than sorrow to see you playing
bail on the ball ground every Sabbath of
late it speaks only for your own good.
1t is not necessary to argue whether ball
playing is or is not an infraction of a di-
vine command; what constitutes keepinp
holy the Sabbath Day it knows is largely
a matter of opinion, but this in nowise
alters the fact that in q Christian COM
munity q game of ball or Sunday within
a stones throw of one of the leading
churches does not impress a stranger
no matter what his religious views are
very favorabiy with the town. Not only
this, but a certain amount Of respect is
always due Others, and inasmuch as the
greater portion of all Christian
tues regret'to see such doings on Sunday,
their wishes should be considered.
There are six other days in the week
just as good for the purpose-and better.
Don't you honestly think so2
Quite an amusing occurrence happened
to the GRAPHIC man while he was shoot
ing mallards at Red Lake Monday. He
had his blind fixed on the windward
side OF an open body of water, aud as
fast as he killed the ducks he set them
up as dccoys, using sticks set in the mud
to prop up their necks and heads in q
life-like manner. He brought down a
fine, large mallard drake in nice shape
and when he went to get him found him
lying on his back to all appearances
dead. Upon picking him up however,
he showed considerable signs Of life. He
ran a sharp stick up through his bill so
that it projected at least three inches and
set the stick down firmly in the mud.
The duck showed 30 much life at this
stage of proceedings that the newspaper
fellow thought it best to secure the duck
to the stake with a string-after the man.
ne OF setting out cripples for decoys.
AS he laid his gun down on a bunch of
drift stuff and reached in his pocket for
the cori MIR. Drake Mallard easily gave
a flip flop. tore loose from the stake and
with q most tantalizing quack! quack!
quack! Lit out across the lake at the rate
of so miles an hour.
Six special excursion trains daily will
run over the Milwaukee lines to accomo-
date the crowds who desire to attend the
Territorial Fair at Mitchell, September
26 to 80. The passenger rates on all
South Dakota roads will be one fare for
the round trip, and tickets will be sold
Sept. 24th to 90th, good to return until
Oct. 3D.. This fair will include, beside
the horse and bycicle races, three balloon
sscensions and a shooting tournament,
the largest exhibition of horses, cattle,
sheep, swine, poultry, grain and veget
abies, machinery. an art gallery and
ladies' department, ever held in Dakota
Our readers will surely regret If they dc
not see this exhibition Of Dakota's pro.
ducts.
Koch's Opera house was packed last
night to meet the Royce-Lansing com.
pany of artists. Audience and artists
seemed to be in perfect harmony.
Rarely have the amusement lovers OF
this city been 80 richly entertained.
The programme was a choice melange OF
music, comedy and impersonation, and
from beginning to end there was not a
tedious feature to it. The limitations OF
Ray Royce and the marvellous musical
gymnastics of Webb Lansing were the
most taking numbers. The COMPANY
can count on standing room only" the
next time they visit Mitchell.-iEtcAe1
Republican.
c. NJ. Austin was quite scyeraly in
jurcd by falling off a load of lumber
Monday. He was on the road tt
Smith Caeek, and coming to q stony
place in the road was watching thu
wheels on n side of the wagon to Sc,
that they did not strike a stone. No
: noticing a small one on the opposite
side. Ii of the forward wheels STRUCK
: it, capsizing a small box viii h he wa!
sitting on and throwing him to th,
ground. He was promptly brought tc
town and his injuries ATTENDED to By
Dr.. LaShicr. who reports him doins
we'll.
The new fall style in hats is Just to-
sweet for anything. 1t is made out O.
e some kind of stuff, sort OF a delicate lex
t turc and of q rather lightish color, kline
E OF cutaway on the side and rolled bacl
on top, and scooped Il underneath, an
trimmed with scme sort of ribbon stuff
that looks nice, and some kind Of Other
. materisl that is handsome, and ia all
. fixed on that kind OF way which looks
SO much like something we can't rcmem
Der, and the whole effec: is very exquis
lite, reminding US of a most beautiful
something or other whose name we can
just at present call to mind.
Duck shooting has been frst-clas
, at Red Lake during the past week. Sat
urday l.. A. Foote and C. r. Tina1
went to the lake, accompanied by thci
: wives. and killed about 90. The,
brought home AZ, all but n half dozen o:
them. fine mallards Monday, Il. f
9 Gates. S. G, Boyce, S. w. Kent, O. NJ
Foote, G. W. Bowers, j. b. Long, Dr.. /
! G. Hollingcr and c. r. Than were out t
the lake and killed about so. As q rul